Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia) (1 Viewer)

[REVWARBUFF]

Hi all,

Andreas (Andanna here on the forum) and I live in the Phila metro area. We recently visited the new Museum of the American Revolution. Having planned this trip for some time now, I read an article last month about a fellow toy soldier collector who made 3 AWI dio's and donated them to the museum. After we going through the entire museum and not seeing the dio's, we stopped to inquire about them.

Long story short is that we met the VP of the museum, Scott Stephenson, who gave us a special behind the scenes tour where the dio's were being kept until the museum has fully completed constructing all the display space on all the floors.

What we saw was simply astonishing! The man who made these dio's did a very fine job with them. He did one of the Battle of Trenton, another on the Knox artillery train when they brought all the canon down from Fort Ticonderoga thru the snow and the last one on the Valley Forge winter encampment.

Andreas and I were further delighted to hear directly from the VP that he is always seeking ideas for events at the museum. He mentioned a distinct possibility that they could hold a toy soldier/dio event some day. If you're ever in the Phila area, please take some time to visit this museum. It is blocks away from Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the Constitution Center.

Here are some pics of the Battle of Trenton. I'll post the other dio's a little bit later as I have time.

 

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[Larry Allen]

Mark, what a wonderful set of pictures.
Of course, I am a member of the Museum of the American Revolution. {sm4}

I get monthly newsletters and other email about new books available, events at the museum and else where, and other interesting facts on the birth of the nation. I truly hope to get to go there in person, this year.

Your pictures are fantastic. VERY nice to see many King and Country AWI figures both new released and the original releases.

Also noticed a real nice representation of John Jenkins figures and (I think) some Britains.

Many thanks for the photos, the information and the encouragement.

I a bit jealous that you live so close........

--- LaRRy

 

[Terp152]

Mark, thank you for sharing with us. Excellent photography, don't know how you were able to eliminate the glare. :salute:: All three dios are professional in quality and easily recognizable to the real events. I was at Valley Forge yrs ago and the encampment looks very close the the real buildings to me. Thanks again, enjoyed viewing very much. Chris

 

[wds0855]

I hope to get there soon. I still wish they had built the museum in Valley Forge like they originally planned. But I am sure they did an excellent job where it is.

Those dios look fantastic! Were they selling any toy soldier related items in the gift shop?

A couple of weeks ago I attended a really beautiful wedding at The Downtown Club - 600 Chestnut Street.
http://www.cescaphe.com/down-town-club

This is right across the street from Independence Hall. You can look down and see Independence Hall from above, all lit up at night - very dramatic. What was unusual about the wedding was that ALL of the groom's family was from England, and all very nice people. I thought it was quite ironic that the wedding was held next door to the location where we declared our Independence from their home land.

On another side note, I am working on a Battle of Trenton wargame, 28mm. I always thought this was one of the most pivotal battles in the History of our Nation.



Walt

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Mark, what a wonderful set of pictures.
Of course, I am a member of the Museum of the American Revolution. {sm4}

I get monthly newsletters and other email about new books available, events at the museum and else where, and other interesting facts on the birth of the nation. I truly hope to get to go there in person, this year.

Your pictures are fantastic. VERY nice to see many King and Country AWI figures both new released and the original releases.

Also noticed a real nice representation of John Jenkins figures and (I think) some Britains.

Many thanks for the photos, the information and the encouragement.

I a bit jealous that you live so close........

--- LaRRy

Hi Larry,

You are correct in that the dio's have mainly K&C figures. Additionally, there are JJD figures and figures that the dio maker made on his own. No WB figures though were used (probably due to scale). The dio maker creatively used some of JJD's Battle of the Snowshoes range figures in the Knox artillery dio. I also spotted a K&C Alamo figure in the Valley Forge dio placed in with the soldiers who are lined up taking firing practice. Go back and check it out.

Hope you can make it to the museum this year.

Mark

 

[REVWARBUFF]

I hope to get there soon. I still wish they had built the museum in Valley Forge like they originally planned. But I am sure they did an excellent job where it is.

Those dios look fantastic! Were they selling any toy soldier related items in the gift shop?

A couple of weeks ago I attended a really beautiful wedding at The Downtown Club - 600 Chestnut Street.
http://www.cescaphe.com/down-town-club

This is right across the street from Independence Hall. You can look down and see Independence Hall from above, all lit up at night - very dramatic. What was unusual about the wedding was that ALL of the groom's family was from England, and all very nice people. I thought it was quite ironic that the wedding was held next door to the location where we declared our Independence from their home land.

On another side note, I am working on a Battle of Trenton wargame, 28mm. I always thought this was one of the most pivotal battles in the History of our Nation.



Walt

Hi Walt,

Very interesting story with all that irony. I checked out the link you sent and the place looks real nice. You must have had a great time.

The museum shop did carry WB items. Pictured below are some shots I took of a display in their store:

 

[mestell]

What a wonderful series of photos you have presented to us for our viewing Mark. Outstanding dioramas . . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[wds0855]

Thanks for the additional photos. I really can't wait to get down there now.

Walt

 

[Andanna]

In addition to the dioramas, there were some very attractive displays with Mannequins in historic uniforms. Here is my selection:

https://andreaskrueger.smugmug.com/Museum-of-American-Revolution-/i-XDNPgGc

 

[theBaron]

Thanks for sharing the photos, Mark and Andreas! It's great to see them, because I haven't gotten to the museum yet.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Louis Badolato]

Looks like a terrific museum, I hope to get there someday!^&cool^&cool

 

[tdubel]

Great photos and sounds like a great visit! I need to go there too, it is certainly close enough!
Tom

 

[BLReed]

New exhibit to be displayed.

An extremely rare silver-hilted sword used by an American officer during the Revolutionary War is set to go on display for the first time.

The small sword was owned by Col. Jonathan Pettibone of the 18th (Connecticut) Regiment, who fought in the battles for New York in 1776. Pettibone, of Simsbury, Connecticut, died in Rye, New York, in September of that year, shortly after the Battle of Long Island.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/10/26/rare-revolutionary-war-sword-to-go-on-display-for-first-time.html

 

[theBaron]

For anyone coming from a longer distance away to visit the East Coast show in Hackensack on Sunday, if you can schedule time to visit Philly, it's worth it to see the museum.

Prost!
Brad